Sen. Brown Urges Probe Into Chinese-Owned Solar Firms

A worker produces solar photovoltaic modules used for solar panels at a workshop in Huaian city, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, on Sept. 5, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Congressional Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to investigate alleged unfair trade practices by Chinese-owned companies in the solar industry.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, penned a June 4 letter to David Johnson, chairman of the International Trade Commission, and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, expressing support for the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee (Alliance).